Distrobox flatpak

This is the manifest to build a flatpak to run distrobox.

Build

make clean
make
make install

Alternatively:

mkdir -p dist
flatpak-builder \
    --disable-rofiles-fuse \
    --user \
    --repo=dist/repo \
    --state-dir=dist/.flatpak-builder \
    --force-clean dist/tmp/ \
    --default-branch=beta \
    io.github.luca.distrobox.yml

flatpak build-bundle dist/repo/ dist/io.github.luca.distrobox.flatpak io.github.luca.distrobox beta

flatpak install --user -y dist/io.github.luca.distrobox.flatpak

Limitations

This flatpak does not really support sandboxing, as the target of distrobox is tight integration with the host.

Usage

flatpak run io.github.luca.distrobox

And use it as you normally would use distrobox. It is handy to put an alias in your shell to shorten the command: alias distrobox="flatpak run io.github.luca.distrobox"

Usage is the same as the normal app, just the command name changes from distrobox to flatpak run io.github.luca.distrobox

Credits

This work is originated on the manifest of @axtloss in axtloss/flatpaks and of @mirkobrombin in AtomsDevs/Atoms